Disappearing baby-bed.



J. L. HALPERT.

DISAPPEARING BABY BED.

APPLICATION FILED MNA. 1915.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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Application led Januar-y 4,1 19155 Serial No. 369.V

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JosEPI-r L. I-IALPERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Disappearing Baby-Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is an improvement in a type of folding crib attachments for ordinary beds, the same being constructed of foldable parts, and permanently attached to the main frame and slidable thereon in such manner that it may be pushed under the latter and supported by it when not in use.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts are as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my invention to a conventional form or type of double bed; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a modified form of spring rail and parts associated therewith.

In the drawing there is shown at 10 a common and well known type of bed spring of woven wire or the like supported upon head and foot cross bars 11 and side rails 12, a space as usual being left between the woven wire spring and said sidel rails, said space being accessible at either side of the bed.

At 13 I provide a bar of any suitable size or cross sectional form, but of uniform shape from end to end, and of a length corresponding to the distance between the side rails 12 and clamped by any suitable clamps 14 to said side rails at any desired point between the head and the foot of the body, depending upon the size of the auxiliary bed and its desired location in proximity to the head of the bed. The bar 18 thus becomes a fixture for the main bed when once adjusted as above described.

At 15 is shown the main horizontal frame of the auxiliary bed, the inner rail 16 of which extends over the adjacent bed rail 12 and is provided with a slot 16b for sliding connection and movement upon the bar 13. As shown herein I prefer to form a hole extending horizontally through said rail 16 for permanent connection with the bar 13 and the lower edge of the bar 16 may have an outwardly turned lip 16 to engage over the rail 12, the shape of the lip 16 dependlng upon the shape of the rail. As shown, for instance, in the detailed view of Fig. 4, said rail 12ay is of a cylindrical form and hence the lip 16a is curved accordingly. It will be understood, therefore, that the auxiliary bed frame is adapted to slidelongitudinally along the bar 13, and when folded the auxiliary bed thus is adapted to nest within the space between the Vspring 10 and the rails 12 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

At the outer or rear rail 17 are connected suitable legs 18 pivoted at 19 so as to fold up in alinement with each other parallel to the rail 17 when the bed is folded. Any suitable catch 20 may be employed to hold Vthe legs elevated but permitting them to be freed to swing down to vertical position for supporting the bed when in use. Other catches 21 may be used, if desired, to temporarily lock the legs 18 in supporting position.

At 22 is a back panel pivoted at 23 on a horizontal axis close to or within the frame 15 and having shoulders 24 to limit the upward swinging movement. At 25 are end panels of any suitable desigmeach pivoted at 26 on a vertical axis to one end of the ,..Iatented Sept.. 26,119.16,

back panel 17 but close thereto so that the nesting the auxiliary hed in the space aforesaid. A bolt 27 (Fig. 4) o-r any other suitable catch may be employed to lock the end members in open position, each bolt being adapted to be moved downwardly into a hole formed in the frame 15. The bottom frame 15 may be provided with a woven wire spring bottom 28 or any other suitable permanent fixture to constitute lthe main support for the occupant of thebed.

I claim The combination with a main bed frame having parallel side rails and a bed spring supported above the frame rails, of an auxiliary bed comprising a frame having side rails foldable so as to slide between the main frame rails and the spring, a supporting and guide bar extending across the top surfaces In testimony whereof I have signed my of the main frame rails, and means to adname to this specification in the presence of just the bar at any desired place lengthwise two subscribing Witnesses.

of the bed frame, the inner side rail of the JOSEPH L. HALPERT. auxiliary bed pro-jectingdownwardly below Witnesses:

the plane of the outer side rail and having GEO. L. BEELER,

:L hole through which said bar projects. PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

